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VIDEO: Enigmatic Fraserview

RECENTLY I had the opportunity to play Vancouver's Fraserview Golf Course with friends Robbie Ohlhauser of the North Shore News, Dan Rothenbush of Lady Jane Landscaping and Andrew Skuse of North Vancouver-based BioPacific Diagnostics.

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PHOTOS/Video: Big Sky is a grand stage

The Sea-to-Sky corridor is many things to many people.

Book your tee time at Big Sky

Public play is available daily at Big Sky Golf and Country Club. Reservations are accepted by telephoning the pro shop toll free at 1-800-668-7900 or online at www.bigskygolf.com.

Tee Time VIDEO: Squamish is superb

Once known mainly as the industrial and service hub of the Howe Sound corridor, Squamish -- with its spectacular setting -- has emerged as a recreation destination in its own right.

Tee Time: Local golfers give back

This month there are a pair of golf tournaments designed to help give back to the community.

Bowen Island a gem of a course

The 2011 PGA golf season was well underway and the year's first major tournament, the Masters, loomed.

VIDEO: Bowen Island a gem of a course

The intangible Furry Creek

Video: I tend to go on about how fortunate we are as golfers to live in a part of the world where our choice of beautiful places to play is almost boundless.

VIDEO: The intangible Furry Creek

Golf at Whistler on a perfect day

Yet -- even with all its tribulations -- life offers us the potential to grasp moments that transcend, that combine to produce quietly extraordinary experiences we barely comprehend until they are almost past.

VIDEO: Golf at Whistler on a perfect day

Fairwinds worth the ferry ride

VIDEO: This month we took another cruise via B.C. Ferries to Vancouver Island where we stayed in Parksville and played the Fairwinds Golf Course at nearby Nanoose Bay. In a spring of inconsistent weather, we scored sunshine and made the most of it.

VIDEO: Fairwinds worth the ferry ride

Third annual mayors' tourney a success

On Friday May 21, over 140 golfers and guests gathered at North Vancouver's Seymour Golf and Country Club for the third annual North Shore Mayors' Golf Tournament.

Book your tee time at Fairwinds

The daily cost for 18 holes at Fairwinds is $79 until September 26. Twilight is $49, Super Twilight is $32 and the Junior rate is $41.

Muscle up on your game

- Golf Anatomy, by Craig Davies and Vince DiSaia. Published by Human Kinetics, 183 pages, $22.95.

Howe Sound offers a golf adventure

You arrange your foursome, book your time, show up, and play. Yet a day of golf can also be an adventure and, if you do a little planning, you don't have to travel far to get in a memorable round that's really out of the ordinary.

Living the North Shore dream

Everybody talks about it, but nobody actually does it.

Chateau Whistler: a monument to play

Since people first began to gather in tribes and villages, once the cupboard was full, thoughts would turn to filling the idle hours between hunting and gathering and running in terror from sabre-toothed tigers.

Seymour -- a quietly marvellous course

Fascination with the new and different is ingrained in the human psyche. Business empires rise and fall on their ability to lure consumers with "new" and "improved" products and services.

Revamped Meadows worth your time

At the foot of towering Mount Currie in Pemberton, on a lush, fertile plain between the Green and Lillooet rivers, there is a golf course.

Book your tee time at the Meadows at Pemberton

Public play is available daily. Reservations are accepted by telephoning the pro shop toll free at 1-800-390-4653 or online at www.pembertongolf.com.

Short Strokes

Shadow Mountain Readies for a Canada Day Debut: July 1 at the new Shadow Mountain Golf Course near Cranbrook promises to be a very special day.

Squamish simply gets it

Rejoice, dear golfer, rejoice. -- Our run of phenomenal good fortune continues.

Golf to inspire youth

Just sitting for a few minutes listening to Patrick Kelly, it's hard not to get inspired.

Northlands: growing up gracefully

Over time, the greenery settles in and as players and management have a chance to see how it all unfolds, tweaks and adjustments can be made to enhance the experience for golfers of all levels.

Mayors' tourney set to tee off at Seymour

On Friday, May 22, North Vancouver City Mayor Darrell Mussatto, North Vancouver District Mayor Richard Walton and West vancouver District Mayor Pam Goldsmith-Jones will come together once again at the Seymour Golf and Country Club to host their second annual golf tournament.